Fence-post.



S. G. GILLESPIE.

FENCE POST.

APPLICATION mu) SEPT. 13, 1913.

1,165,589. I Patented Dec. 28, 1915.

COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH conwAsl-lma'rori, D c.

h lh litllh SAMUEL G. GILLESPIE, 0F CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA.

FENCE-POST.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 28, i915.

Application filed September 13, 1913. Serial No. 789,6?5.

.7 '0 all whom it may concern Be it known that l, SAMUEL G. GILLEsPIE, a, citizen of the United States residing at Charleston, in the county of Kanawha, State of WV est i irginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fence-Posts; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in fence posts, and particularly to artificial stone posts.

1 principal object of the invention is to provide a metal reinforce for the post which includes as one of its features a wire supporting means.

Another object is to provide a support for fence wire and means for tightening the fence wire to the support whereby slipping the wire through the support and the of the wire between the posts are prevented.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a front eleration of a post made in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional View on the line 52-42 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional View on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawings, 10 represents the upwardly tapering body of a concrete or artificial stone post. Embedded in the post and extending longitudinally in parallel relation on opposite sides of the post are the metal reinforcing bars 11. Extending centrally the length of the post and embedded there in is a metal reinforcing element represented as a whole by the reference character 12. This reinforcing clement comprises a plurality of parallel arranged horizontal portions 13 and a plurality of obliquely arranged and parallel portions ll. these portions 13 and is being connected by the loops 15 which project from the center of the face of the post, and constitute the wire supporting means. The fence wires 16 are passed through the loops, and may be simply supported thereby or may be additionally held to the loops by means of the wire stays or ties 17. It will be particularly noted that the reinforcing elements 11 brace the post longitudinally, while the portions 13 and 14: of the element 12 brace the post transversely. Thus the element 12 SGIYBS to reinforce the post longitudinally and transversely, and acts as a means to which the fence wires are connected.

lVhat is claimed is in a fence post, a molded plastic body, a metal bar partly embedded therein, said bar bent to form a series of similarly disposed wire retaining members, each member comprising horizontal portion extending from a point aiiljaccnt the rear face through the front face of the post and rebent parallel to itself to reenter the post forming a wire retaining loop and bent obliquely to connect to the rear end of the horizontal portion of the next succeeding member.

in testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

S. G. GILLESPIE.

lVitnesses R. F. lVAsi-nNGToN, JOHN G. DOWNIE.

Copies of this Patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

